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Worst Ever Ebola Outbreak

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Worst-ever Ebola outbreak, by the numbers

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The number of cases and the numbers of deaths in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa already exceed the totals for all previous outbreaks combined. The first known Ebola outbreaks took place in 1976.

The current outbreak, thought to have started in December 2013, "is a huge and urgent global problem that demands a huge and urgent global response," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in an Oct. 17 speech.

"Liberia remains the country worst affected by the epidemic," according to the WHO.

Worst-ever Ebola outbreak, by the numbers | CBC News

Vaccination via motorcycle and canoe in Central African Republic | Doctors  Without Borders - USA

@ProfD
Ebola and other diseases like HIV "mysteriously" pop up in Africa in the 1970s and now they're having the worse cases of Ebola ever recorded while they continue to allow their citizens to be treated by non-Black medical personnel.
....and you wonder why I say that most of the problems our people suffer from can be directly linked to intellectual deficiency???

Do you think Europeans would allow groups of Africans, Asians, or any other non-Whites to come to THEIR communities, set up tents, and treat THEIR sick and malnourished?


How many Europeans are lining up to receive shots concocted in African laboratories?

At some point, the intellect of the community has to be taken into account.


4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Worst-ever Ebola outbreak, by the numbers

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The number of cases and the numbers of deaths in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa already exceed the totals for all previous outbreaks combined. The first known Ebola outbreaks took place in 1976.

4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

The current outbreak, thought to have started in December 2013, "is a huge and urgent global problem that demands a huge and urgent global response," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in an Oct. 17 speech.

"Liberia remains the country worst affected by the epidemic," according to the WHO.

Worst-ever Ebola outbreak, by the numbers | CBC News

@ProfD
Ebola and other diseases like HIV "mysteriously" pop up in Africa in the 1970s and now they're having the worse cases of Ebola ever recorded while they continue to allow their citizens to be treated by non-Black medical personnel.

It is truly mysterious.....or is it?

4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

....and you wonder why I say that most of the problems our people suffer from can be directly linked to intellectual deficiency???

No its Not intellectual deficiency.....

More likely Lack of Political Will and Ignorance...

Most Africans see Europeans as Saviors.....not the cause of their suffering.

4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Do you think Europeans would allow groups of Africans, Asians, or any other non-Whites to come to THEIR communities, set up tents, and treat THEIR sick and malnourished?

Maybe the Politicians wouldn't.

But the sick and malnourished would want their discomfort alleviated by whomever in most cases.

4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

How many Europeans are lining up to receive shots concocted in African laboratories?

Up until recently whenever Africans create a lab independent of European support or involvement.....it is destroyed - by so called terrorist

4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

At some point, the intellect of the community has to be taken into account.

You can if you want....

but you would be asking the wrong question.....

4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

8 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

.and you wonder why I say that most of the problems our people suffer from can be directly linked to intellectual deficiency???

3 hours ago, frankster said:

No its Not intellectual deficiency.....

More likely Lack of Political Will and Ignorance...

Most Africans see Europeans as Saviors.....not the cause of their suffering.

I agree with brotha @frankster here.

Too man Black folks look up to whites. It's not an intellectual deficiency. Propaganda, fear & ignorance are a few reasons.

Africans could be more self-sufficient if greed & corruption among their own country-men wasn't so rampant.

Along with admiring white folks, that willingness among Black folks to sell-out is a huge problem.😎

On 8/3/2026 at 12:05 AM, ProfD said:

I agree with brotha @frankster here.

Too man Black folks look up to whites.

Stockholm Syndrome.....we sick massa?

Most Continental Africans are taught next to nothing about what happened to Africans that were Kidnapped and Enslaved here.

What they know about Africans Enslaved in the West is what Whites wants them to know.....most of it misinformation and disinformation.

On 8/3/2026 at 12:05 AM, ProfD said:

It's not an intellectual deficiency.

True....It is more like Lack of Awareness of the true state of affairs

On 8/3/2026 at 12:05 AM, ProfD said:

Propaganda, fear & ignorance are a few reasons.

Too True

On 8/3/2026 at 12:05 AM, ProfD said:

Africans could be more self-sufficient if greed & corruption among their own country-men wasn't so rampant.

True...

Learned Helplessness...makes then less self reliant and more dependent.

The Thing that often goes misunderstood is how the greed and corruption is fostered and encourage....and made normal necessary and sometimes compulsary.

In some African countries to not be greedy and corrupt....make you Suspect and often times may put you in harms way

On 8/3/2026 at 12:05 AM, ProfD said:

Along with admiring white folks, that willingness among Black folks to sell-out is a huge problem.😎

True...

Many Africans are not even Aware they are Selling out...And think it is the only or smart way to do whatever it is they are doing it.....especially when they see whites doing it for years in their country.

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frankster

It is truly mysterious.....or is it?

It SHOULDN'T be a mystery, to those who have good sense.

They've been living in the Congo or Uganda for tens of thousands of years and never had Ebola or HIV.

All of a sudden White folks show up and NOW they're dying from it by the thousands.

How hard of a mystery should it be to solve????


The REAL mystery is why the hell they keep relying on Whites for their medicine and other healthcare and letting them inject chemicals into their children and feed them bio-engineered foods?

No its Not intellectual deficiency.....

More likely Lack of Political Will and Ignorance...

Most Africans see Europeans as Saviors.....not the cause of their suffering.

Yes, and all that you mentioned above:

-lack of political will

-ignorance

-seeing your historic oppressor as your savior

...are all SYMPTOMS of being stupid.

Not saying that a person who exhibits all of these symptoms are stupid.

But if a person IS stupid....they'll likely BE exhibiting these symptoms!

Maybe the Politicians wouldn't.

But the sick and malnourished would want their discomfort alleviated by whomever in most cases.

True.

Up until recently whenever Africans create a lab independent of European support or involvement.....it is destroyed -

I'm not sure how true this is; but if it is...that means they can't defend or protect their own inventions.

Another symptom of not being smart enough to.

You can if you want....

but you would be asking the wrong question.....

At this point I'm no longer asking THAT question.

The answer is clear and evident.


Right now, I'm looking to THE DIVINE and asking why were they MADE or ALLOWED to be so much smarter.


Most Continental Africans are taught next to nothing about what happened to Africans that were Kidnapped and Enslaved here.

What's stopping them from learning it and TEACHING EACHOTHER?

Africans have schools.

...mostly schools that White folks set up before they left.

Why aren't they teaching what happened to us in their schools over there and giving their own children a THOROUGH history of Africa and the world?

Many Africans don't even know about their own colonization!
I talk to some of the Africans at work and have to TEACH THEM what happened in their own countries.

Many Africans are not even Aware they are Selling out...And think it is the only or smart way to do whatever it is they are doing it.....especially when they see whites doing it for years in their country.

Another symptom of intellectual deficiency, in my opinion.

They had nearly 100 years to gather as much knowledge as they can and educate themselves.

The Chinese did it and built a mighty nation.

They aren't perfect, but they're further along.


((sigh)) It is what it is man.

ProfD

Too man Black folks look up to whites. It's not an intellectual deficiency. Propaganda, fear & ignorance are a few reasons.

Africans could be more self-sufficient if greed & corruption among their own country-men wasn't so rampant.

Along with admiring white folks, that willingness among Black folks to sell-out is a huge problem.

Everything you listed are SYMPTOMS of those who are intellectually deficient in the face of their enemy.

Like I told frankster....

What you just said doesn't NECESSARILY mean that a people are intellectually deficient.

However if a group of people ARE intellectually deficient....THOSE are the problems you'd likely see them with.

In other words.....

Just because a person is broke, can't stay out of trouble, and dropped out of school...doesn't mean they're stupid.

But if a person IS stupid.....dropping out of school, being broke, and not being able to stay out of trouble would likely describe them.

18 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Everything you listed are SYMPTOMS of those who are intellectually deficient in the face of their enemy.

Now, I'm wondering if the intelligence of religious people should be questioned too.😁

Religion has left a lotta Black people on stuck.🤣😎

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ProfD


At this point, it should no longer be a question.....lol.
It should be clear that many of them are stupid.

The fact that you would continue to accept a religion BY your European or Arab oppressor is a sign of intellectual deficiency in my opinion.

It's one thing if you were born into the religion and that's all you know because your parents were.
But by the time you hit a certain age.....like 20 or 30....and you KNOW this religion came from your historic oppressor....and you continue to believe in it anyway even though it's not benefiting your personally or communally; your intelligence must be called into question.


Man, I haven't even seen that movie yet.
I'm going to have to check it out one day.....probably this weekend, lol.

8 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

ProfD

At this point, it should no longer be a question.....lol.
It should be clear that many of them are stupid.

The fact that you would continue to accept a religion BY your European or Arab oppressor is a sign of intellectual deficiency in my opinion.

Hard to claim n8gglets intellectually deficient who can read & memorize & quote bible verses & chapters & preach it too.🤣

Then, there's the n8gglets who can compose music & write sensible lyrics & sing Gospel songs.😁

8 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Man, I haven't even seen that movie yet.
I'm going to have to check it out one day.....probably this weekend, lol

Hard to believe the movie 3 Strikes was made over 25 years ago. Time flies.😎

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20 minutes ago, ProfD said:

Hard to claim n8gglets intellectually deficient who can read & memorize & quote bible verses & chapters & preach it too.🤣


No, they ARE smart.
But too often they use their smarts....not to help...but to take advantage of the vast masses who are illiterate or semi-illiterate.

Many of our people who ARE smart know that many of the others are slow, dumb, and intellectually deficient.
Instead of using their intellect and intelligence to help uplift and protect them, they exploit them.
These would be your preachers, dope dealers, sell out politicians, pimps, and others......

47 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

No, they ARE smart.
But too often they use their smarts....not to help...but to take advantage of the vast masses who are illiterate or semi-illiterate.

Many of our people who ARE smart know that many of the others are slow, dumb, and intellectually deficient.
Instead of using their intellect and intelligence to help uplift and protect them, they exploit them.

Gotcha. The most dangerous people on the planet are 1) smart or 2) violent. A combination of the two could be a category 5 hurricane.🤣😎

20 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

frankster

It is truly mysterious.....or is it?

It SHOULDN'T be a mystery, to those who have good sense.

True

20 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

They've been living in the Congo or Uganda for tens of thousands of years and never had Ebola or HIV.

All of a sudden White folks show up and NOW they're dying from it by the thousands.

How hard of a mystery should it be to solve????

I had a friend who was living in Africa during the AIDS pandemic.....

He said many African Villagers would chase WHO nurses out of their village and not allow then to vaccinate anyone.....

Because everywhere they went death and disease followed....whole communities where being wipe out.

The Government would always be allowing them in so as to get more aid from NGO

20 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

The REAL mystery is why the hell they keep relying on Whites for their medicine and other healthcare and letting them inject chemicals into their children and feed them bio-engineered foods?

The Whites select their leaders and the whites keep their leaders in power....

Aid(money) trumps the ballot box every time..

20 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

No its Not intellectual deficiency.....

More likely Lack of Political Will and Ignorance...

Most Africans see Europeans as Saviors.....not the cause of their suffering.

Yes, and all that you mentioned above:

-lack of political will

-ignorance

-seeing your historic oppressor as your savior

...are all SYMPTOMS of being stupid.

Not stupid

Betrayed by their Leaders....who have been bought and paid for

20 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Not saying that a person who exhibits all of these symptoms are stupid.

But if a person IS stupid....they'll likely BE exhibiting these symptoms!

The Leaders are greedy and selfish only thinking of their own benefits

20 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Maybe the Politicians wouldn't.

But the sick and malnourished would want their discomfort alleviated by whomever in most cases.

True.

True

20 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Up until recently whenever Africans create a lab independent of European support or involvement.....it is destroyed -

I'm not sure how true this is; but if it is...that means they can't defend or protect their own inventions.

Another symptom of not being smart enough to.

No they cant....

20 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

You can if you want....

but you would be asking the wrong question.....

At this point I'm no longer asking THAT question.

The answer is clear and evident.


Right now, I'm looking to THE DIVINE and asking why were they MADE or ALLOWED to be so much smarter.

Not only are looking in the wrong direction and asking the wrong question.....your whole premise is based on what the white wants you to think and believe

20 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Most Continental Africans are taught next to nothing about what happened to Africans that were Kidnapped and Enslaved here.

What's stopping them from learning it and TEACHING EACHOTHER?

The same reason you @Pioneer1 do not like Africans from the Continent and the Caribbean coming here and talking shyt..

20 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Africans have schools.

...mostly schools that White folks set up before they left.

Why aren't they teaching what happened to us in their schools over there and giving their own children a THOROUGH history of Africa and the world?

There is a difference between a Revolutionary Victory that leads to Independence and a Independence through the Political process.

Independence Through the Political Process is Slow as prior Contracts has to be Maintained and upheld....it is the same Government just a change of Administration.

20 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Many Africans don't even know about their own colonization!
I talk to some of the Africans at work and have to TEACH THEM what happened in their own countries.

True

20 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Many Africans are not even Aware they are Selling out...And think it is the only or smart way to do whatever it is they are doing it.....especially when they see whites doing it for years in their country.

Another symptom of intellectual deficiency, in my opinion.

They had nearly 100 years to gather as much knowledge as they can and educate themselves.

The Chinese did it and built a mighty nation.

They aren't perfect, but they're further along.


((sigh)) It is what it is man.

The Chinese got their Revolutionary Victory in the late 1940's

Most African Countries got there Political Independence in the late 1960's - early 2000's....A few had Nominal Independence during the 1940's and 50's

Liberia remain mostly Nominally free

Ethiopia remained mostly free....

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frankster

I had a friend who was living in Africa during the AIDS pandemic.....

He said many African Villagers would chase WHO nurses out of their village and not allow then to vaccinate anyone.....

Because everywhere they went death and disease followed....whole communities where being wipe out.

The Government would always be allowing them in so as to get more aid from NGO

I can believe that.

Many good intelligent people are trapped and surrounded by fools and have to try to make it the best way they can.

Not only are looking in the wrong direction and asking the wrong question.....

So what direction should we be looking in and what questions should we be asking?

The Chinese got their Revolutionary Victory in the late 1940's

Most African Countries got there Political Independence in the late 1960's - early 2000's....A few had Nominal Independence during the 1940's and 50's

That's a 10-20 year difference.

Are you suggesting that African nations will be as modern and technologically advanced as Chinese in 10-20 years?

If not...then what are you even SUGGESTING by bringing up those dates?

It's not the time frame that matters so much as what's in the man's HEAD that does.

Ethiopia remained mostly free....

What????

Ethiopia was one of the FIRST nations in Africa to be colonized.

....just not by Europeans.

17 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

frankster

I had a friend who was living in Africa during the AIDS pandemic.....

He said many African Villagers would chase WHO nurses out of their village and not allow then to vaccinate anyone.....

Because everywhere they went death and disease followed....whole communities where being wipe out.

The Government would always be allowing them in so as to get more aid from NGO

I can believe that.

Many good intelligent people are trapped and surrounded by fools and have to try to make it the best way they can.

You do not have to believe...

Yep... that what I was told

17 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Not only are looking in the wrong direction and asking the wrong question.....

So what direction should we be looking in and what questions should we be asking?

Look to Yourself....first and foremost

So the question you should be asking becomes....Why you think you not smart or smarter?

17 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

The Chinese got their Revolutionary Victory in the late 1940's

Most African Countries got there Political Independence in the late 1960's - early 2000's....A few had Nominal Independence during the 1940's and 50's

That's a 10-20 year difference.

Are you suggesting that African nations will be as modern and technologically advanced as Chinese in 10-20 years?

No

Most African Independence comes through the political process....not by overturning and destroying the political process so it is slower

17 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

If not...then what are you even SUGGESTING by bringing up those dates?

If you do not know or remembered what you said.....then leave it be for now - it may become relevant as we go along.

17 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

It's not the time frame that matters so much as what's in the man's HEAD that does.

Agreed

17 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Ethiopia remained mostly free....

What????

Ethiopia was one of the FIRST nations in Africa to be colonized.

....just not by Europeans.

Who were they colonized by?

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frankster

Look to Yourself....first and foremost

Why would I look to myself for the answer when I'm not the one who made the different races or humans in general?

So the question you should be asking becomes....Why you think you not smart or smarter?

If I were smarter than them I wouldn't have to work for them or rely on them for food, clothing, shelter, and healthcare.

I would provide these things for myself and my people.

It's not enough to simply SAY you're smart or BELIEVE you're smart....you have to PROVE you're smart, by your actions and successes.

Most African Independence comes through the political process....not by overturning and destroying the political process so it is slower

Didn't your man Ibrahim Traore assume office through political violence and overturning the process?

Many if not most African leaders are removed...not though some "democratic" process...but through coups and the threat of violence.

Who were they colonized by?

The original Ethiopians who were dark skinned and kinky haired........

130+ African Woman In Jinka Ethiopia Stock Photos, Pictures & Royalty-Free  Images - iStock




were colonized and enslaved by lighter skinned Semitic people from the Arabian Peninsula who invaded their land thousands of years ago.

Ethiopia's Digital Economy to Contribute ETB 1.3 trillion to GDP by 2028,  Unlocking Jobs and Growth through Telecom and Policy Reforms - Newsroom


Some call them Habesha people.


Others say they were the original Israelites.

9 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

frankster

Look to Yourself....first and foremost

Why would I look to myself for the answer when I'm not the one who made the different races or humans in general?

Exactly...you did not make humans

You were born into the human condition....

It is your inheritance.

9 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

So the question you should be asking becomes....Why you think you not smart or smarter?

If I were smarter than them I wouldn't have to work for them or rely on them for food, clothing, shelter, and healthcare.

You inherited the condition you were born into...

Now you must seek your freedom....

9 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

I would provide these things for myself and my people.

Then do it

9 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

It's not enough to simply SAY you're smart or BELIEVE you're smart....you have to PROVE you're smart, by your actions and successes.

It all start by finding systems of behavior and thinking that delivers your goals and dreams.

9 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Most African Independence comes through the political process....not by overturning and destroying the political process so it is slower

Didn't your man Ibrahim Traore assume office through political violence and overturning the process?

He took over the Administration.....it is the same political processes

9 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Many if not most African leaders are removed...not though some "democratic" process...but through coups and the threat of violence.

Yes..

Most as puppets of Western Governments

9 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Who were they colonized by?

The original Ethiopians who were dark skinned and kinky haired........

130+ African Woman In Jinka Ethiopia Stock Photos, Pictures & Royalty-Free  Images - iStock

They have always had their lands and kept their land and remained free as a people

9 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

were colonized and enslaved by lighter skinned Semitic people from the Arabian Peninsula who invaded their land thousands of years ago.

Ethiopia's Digital Economy to Contribute ETB 1.3 trillion to GDP by 2028,  Unlocking Jobs and Growth through Telecom and Policy Reforms - Newsroom


Some call them Habesha people.


Others say they were the original Israelites.

Because people belonging to different ethnic groups are sharing lands in close proximity does no mean that one colonized and enslaved the other.

Canada and the US fought....but neither colonized and or enslaved the other - both belong to NATO

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I work with Ethiopians and Eritreans who told me the history of the land and how they ENSLAVED those people.
They are called "baria"...or slaves.


1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:


I work with Ethiopians and Eritreans who told me the history of the land and how they ENSLAVED those people.
They are called "baria"...or slaves.

Ok you say a Ethiopian told you this.... fine

Ask him or her when did this happen or begin?

And when did it stop? if it did?

What ethnic group or tribe do the "baria" belong to?

Now for you

Would you say the Irish were enslaved by the English?

would you say the Scottish were colonized by the English?

What about the Welch?

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